verification-before-completion is agent-read markdown (skill) from ganyuanran/aegis: Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, passing, verified, release-ready, or ready to commit, merge, publish, or hand off..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
<EXPLICIT-MODE-GATE>
If `activation_mode = "explicit"` or `AEGIS_ACTIVATION_MODE=explicit` is visible
and the request names neither Aegis nor this skill, return to the fast path
without checklist/ceremony; otherwise continue.
</EXPLICIT-MODE-GATE>
# Execute
Before success claim: classify destructive permission; run a fresh falsifying
check; read its complete result/scope; select L0/L1/L2. Downgrade for partial,
stale, failing, or narrower evidence; never claim complete then verify later.
This Method Pack grants no authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`,
evidence sufficiency, requirement acceptance, or completion authority.
## Stop Signals
- evidence is uncertain, stale, agent-only, or narrower than the claim;
- next action: commit, push, PR, merge, tag, publish, release, or handoff;
- task/slice completion is treated as accepted requirement satisfaction;
- governance or retirement lacks repair/retirement evidence;
- retained old logic lacks a retention reason and retirement trigger; or
- complexity closure is unresolved.
Destructive/irreversible work needs scoped permission; broad assent is not scoped permission.
## Required Evidence Slots
```text
…
Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
A 17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7495 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag
Source
GitHub
ganyuanran/aegis · 1,280 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zcvbdj74ve75mf5u
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ganyuanran/aegis/verification-before-completion
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6e729be6d06f1acad4e3dffb9e268023dc85f80f74441a8dab86e878952b281e
Your agent does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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